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Henry Winkler wants to be “in the superhero sphere.” But first, the “Happy Days” icon is the villainous mayor in action movie “Normal.”<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n\n![\"play\"](\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nHenry Winkler delivers a chilling performance in ‘Normal’<\/p>\nHenry Winkler surprises audiences by stepping into a rare villain role in “Normal,” which shows a bold new side of the beloved “Happy Days” actor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
His buddy Bob Odenkirk<\/a> became an action-movie guy later in life. So why not Henry Winkler<\/a>?<\/p>\n\u201cListen, I’m looking forward to being in the superhero sphere. Maybe I was a superhero and now I jump but I can’t fly,\u201d Winkler says, wryly referencing his infamous jumping-the-shark \u201cHappy Days\u201d<\/a> moment.<\/p>\nArthur Fonzarelli naturally comes up in conversation when chatting with Winkler, but even the Fonz might give some side-eye and a “Whoa” to the 80-year-old Emmy winner\u2019s latest character.<\/p>\n
In director Ben Wheatley\u2019s action thriller \u201cNormal\u201d (in theaters now), Ulysses (Odenkirk) is a temporary sheriff in the small Minnesota town of Normal who discovers the place\u2019s darkest secret: It\u2019s the home of riches owned by Japanese Yakuza gangsters. Winkler plays the town\u2019s mayor, an excessively charming, morally questionable fellow who scrambles the town\u2019s cops and residents to keep Ulysses from fouling everything up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHenry Winkler surprises audiences by stepping into a rare villain role in “Normal,” which shows a bold new side of the beloved “Happy Days” actor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
His buddy Bob Odenkirk<\/a> became an action-movie guy later in life. So why not Henry Winkler<\/a>?<\/p>\n \u201cListen, I’m looking forward to being in the superhero sphere. Maybe I was a superhero and now I jump but I can’t fly,\u201d Winkler says, wryly referencing his infamous jumping-the-shark \u201cHappy Days\u201d<\/a> moment.<\/p>\n Arthur Fonzarelli naturally comes up in conversation when chatting with Winkler, but even the Fonz might give some side-eye and a “Whoa” to the 80-year-old Emmy winner\u2019s latest character.<\/p>\n In director Ben Wheatley\u2019s action thriller \u201cNormal\u201d (in theaters now), Ulysses (Odenkirk) is a temporary sheriff in the small Minnesota town of Normal who discovers the place\u2019s darkest secret: It\u2019s the home of riches owned by Japanese Yakuza gangsters. Winkler plays the town\u2019s mayor, an excessively charming, morally questionable fellow who scrambles the town\u2019s cops and residents to keep Ulysses from fouling everything up.\u00a0<\/p>\n